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Report Link Designer
When you issue a print command for a grid (Grid | Print Grid or right-click on the grid and select Print), you access the Print window. To access the Report Link
Designer you have to have the old print grid option unchecked, click Preview in the Print window, then click the Design Report icon. The printout will print in spreadsheet fashion, i.e., printing will not truncate the output at the page width; columns are printed on subsequent pages.
Options tab
Draw Mode dropdown
The choices are: Strict, Odd/Even Rows Mode, and Borrow from Source.
Show panel
Bands
Default - Checked
If checked, adds a blank band (bar) to the top of the grid.
Headers
Default - Checked
If checked, the column headers are included in the printout. If unchecked, column headers are not included.
• Footers - Not applicable to data grids
• Group Footers - Not applicable to data grids
Preview panel
Visible
Default - Checked
If checked, the preview columns will printout.
Autocalculate Preview Lines
Default - Checked
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Data Grids
If checked, will autocalculate preview lines and the Preview Line Count spinner will be disabled.
Preview Line Count spinner
Default - Disabled
This is enabled if the Autocalculate Preview Lines option is unchecked.
Grid panel
Grid
Default - Checked
If checked, the grid lines (the lines between the rows and columns) will printout.
If unchecked, the grid lines will not printout.
Nodes Grid
Default - Checked
If checked, will print the column lines in a data grid. If unchecked, the column lines will not print in the data grid.
Group Footers Grid - Not applicable to data grids
Colors tab
Transparent - Not applicable
Fixed Transparent
Default - Unchecked
If checked, you can select band and header colors. If unchecked, band and header colors are transparent.
Group Node and Group Footers (and their color choices) are not applicable to data grids.
Grid Line Color dropdown
Default - Auto
You can select another color from the dropdown.
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Fonts tab
Fonts you can change include: band, font, header, and preview.
Behaviors tab
Choices here include Bands, Headers, Footers on every page; Auto nodes expand; and 3D effects. Graphics as text is not applicable.
Miscellaneous tab
The Expand button check box lets you give your printout a tree effect. If you uncheck the Flat check marks option the check marks will be 3 dimensional. You can also have your check marks display as text (True/False).
Title Properties button
This brings up the Report Title window that lets you type a title in the Text tab and select fonts and alignment from the Properties tab.
After you've made your selections, click OK and the Print window will display.
The Preview button lets you preview the printout. The Page Setup button invokes the Page Set up window, which can also be accessed via File | Print
Setup. This lets you set your paper size, source, orientation (portrait or landscape), and margins.
Remember, the screen width is wider than the portrait page width.
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